Research Interest:

Development and evaluation of procedures for rapid detection and isolation of bacterial pathogens from foods using:
Real Time PCR, Immunoassays, Immunomagnetic Separation Technologies, and cultural procedures

Incidence and control of pathogenic bacteria in chile and chile products

Safety of southwestern and imported foods

Memberships:

International Association for Food Protection, Institute of Food Technologists, American Society for Microbiology, Society for Applied Microbiology.